My Fantasy World

Yasmeen returns back to her younger self, this time with a new perspective. Can we change our past to change our future?  

The Bird sang to himself and lamented about his cage.  He sang so loud his voice startled the wind.  And threw him so far outside his comfort zone  That he had no choice but to fly It was only then that he realized he was not a caged bird after all.  

Yasmeen starts off with a poem that she wrote that was inspired by the film she wrote and co-produced “A Star in the Desert” which follows the life of a young Iraqi boy in Baghdad on the eve of the first Gulf War, as he escapes into a fantastical reality on the search for his mis ... Show More

A near-death experience changes Wren’s entire attitude about the blackout. The Itani family comes to understand Simon for all of his faults and virtues. 

Candid conversations with the world’s leading cultural figures about what has fired their imagination and sparked their creativity. 

Reality TV may be popular around the world, but it's also roundly mocked as formulaic and contrived. So, can that kind of fragile fantasy world meaningfully influence reality? We look at the goals and impact of a UN-backed reality show called "Inspire Somalia," that attempted to ... Show More

‏بمناسبة اليوم العالمي لمتلازمة الداون ومنهم نتعلم الأملتختلف تسميات ذوي الاحتياجات الخاصة من بلد لآخر، كما وتختلف نسبة الإعاقة ونوعها من شخص لآخر إلا أن ما يجمعهم هو معاناتهم في المجتمعات اليوم حلقتنا من واقع الحياة من تجربة ام لطفلة لمتلازمة الداون راح نسمع فيها واقع كتير منا ل ... Show More

Geth speaks with charming, identical twin geniuses about “twin hopping,” fraternal twin frauds, and who would play them in a film. They get into twin shenanigans like convincing people that identical twins don't have belly buttons. Chris pitches ideas for a twin hosted podcast. T ... Show More

Twenty years after the US-led invasion, four young Iraqis recall life under foreign occupation and share their hopes and fears for the future. Shedding a light on post-Saddam Iraq are: 26-year-old Dima who rebelled against religious extremists in her native Basra and has rediscov ... Show More

Imagine bumping into a stranger who has the power and kindness to make your dreams come true. Listener Uta tells us how her chance meeting with Harry led to a place at the University she'd thought was out of reach -- and changed her life forever. They talk about why you should ta ... Show More

The small rural town of Igbo-Ora in south-western Nigeria proclaims itself to be the “twin capital of the world". It has an astonishingly high twin birth rate. Everyone here wants to have twins because in Yoruba culture they are believed to bring good fortune and are celebrated a ... Show More